10 ORCHARD HILL FARM
GPS: n 40.34746; w 90.12679 Address: 16859 E CR 9, Lewistown Phone: 309-547-3221 Producing crops of fruits and vegetables since the 1930s. In addition to selling fresh produce, the spot also features a bakery with made-from- scratch pies, dumplings and breads.
11 DICKSON MOUNDS MUSEUM
GPS: n 40.35149; w 90.11556 Address: 10956 N. Dickson Mounds Road, Lewistown
Phone: 309-547-3721 Web:
www.museum.state.il.us/ismsites/ dickson
This museum’s extensive exhibits recount the 12,000-year-long history of Native Americans in the Illinois River valley and surrounding upland landscape. They also draw attention to the fundamental relationship between human beings and nature.
Spoon River 29 CANTON
12 SPOON RIVER COLLEGE ARBORETUM
GPS: n 40.52579; w 90.07706 Address: 23235 N CR 22, Canton Phone: 309-647-4645 Web:
www.src.edu/facilities Bordered by an old-growth oak-hickory forest, this community college boasts a network of nature trails with a 10-acre arboretum.
GPS:
A LIVERPOOL RIVERFRONT n 40.390775; w 90.000859
Location: Liverpool Phone:
309-547-2501
Founded in 1836 as a commodity loading site for Illinois River freight boats destined for markets in Chicago and St. Louis.
B BERNADOTTE DAM GPS:
Location: Spoon River, Bernadotte Phone:
n 40.409490; w 90.321409 309-338-5689
Located on Central Illinois’ Spoon River, the little community of Bernadotte is the site of the only dam on the river.
C COPPERAS CREEK LOCK AND DAM
GPS:
Location: Banner Phone:
n 40.2832; w 89.5320 309-647-9184
The lock and dam were built to promote predictable navigation of the Illinois River and were completed in 1876.
www.illinoisriverroad.org
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